The Grafton Centre Stamford New Road Altrincham WA14 1DQ
Approved on 18 March 2024
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee
Proposal
Change of use of part of first and second floors from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 9no. residential apartments (Use Class C3), external alterations to include elevational changes, additional windows, replacement and relocation of windows and doors and partial raising of the roof height, roof replacement, cycle parking, landscaping and creation of associated internal bin store.
- Received
- 22 December 2023
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 7
- Ward
- Altrincham
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated19 Jan
- Consult.Consultation4 Mar
- TargetTarget Date15 Mar
- DecidedDecided18 Mar
Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Grafton Centre Stamford New Road Altrincham WA14 1DQ. Trafford has handled 2,373 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Trafford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Altrincham. We hold 816 applications in total for the WA14 postcode area.
84% of full applications at Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- WA14 1DQ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 January 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 8 March 2024
- Consultation start
- 12 February 2024
- Consultation end
- 4 March 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 February 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 March 2024
- Last date for comments
- 8 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 15 March 2024
- Committee meeting
- 14 March 2024
- Permission expires
- 18 March 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Enabl
- Agent address
- 16 Old Market Place Altrincham WA14 4DF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 1 February 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 February 2024
- Site notice start
- 25 January 2024
- Site notice end
- 15 February 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12691741
- Documents
- 41
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Brownfield land register: The Dome, Grafton House, Stamford New Road, Altrincham, WA14 1DQRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Trafford
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